The EU adopted a new range of economic sanctions against Russia over its involvement in the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine.
Instead of practising the important art of masterly inactivity, Prime Minister David Cameron has been conducting a hyperactive and quite ineffective campaign to block the appointment of Luxembourg’s former prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission.
Prime Minister David Cameron was left with only Hungarian PM Viktor Orban for support as 26 out of 28 EU leaders voted to appoint former Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission.
EU leaders are expected to confirm former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the European Commission, despite opposition from the UK.
Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova have signed pacts with the European Union, binding them closer together both politically and economically.